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amoxicillin
[ am-ok-suh-sil-in, uh-mok- ]
/ æmˌɒk səˈsɪl ɪn, əˌmɒk- /
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noun Pharmacology.
a semisynthetic penicillin, C18H19N3O5S, taken orally as a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
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Origin of amoxicillin
1970–75; perhaps am(ino-hydr)ox(yphenyl) part of its chemical name + (pen)icillin
Words nearby amoxicillin
amount to, amount to the same thing, amour, amour-propre, amowt, amoxicillin, Amoy, amp, AMPAS, ampelopsis, Ampelos
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How to use amoxicillin in a sentence
Now, a type of coral with skittle-D just off the Florida coast has improved several months after being treated with amoxicillin.
A common antibiotic might save some sick corals|Cassie Martin|June 4, 2021|Science News For StudentsWithin about three months, some 95 percent of lesions treated with amoxicillin had healed.
A common antibiotic might save some sick corals|Cassie Martin|June 4, 2021|Science News For StudentsWithin about three months of the treatment, some 95 percent of infected coral tissues treated with amoxicillin had healed.
The researchers used the same amoxicillin paste and chlorinated epoxy treatments on more than 2,300 lesions on upwards of 1,600 coral colonies representing eight species, including great star coral.
Scientific definitions for amoxicillin
amoxicillin
[ ə-mŏk′sĭ-sĭl′ĭn ]
An antibiotic derived from penicillin, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin. Chemical formula: C16H19N3O5.
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